Cloudia Swann is an English stage, film and television actress.
Life and career
Swann was born in
Leicestershire, and spent her early years living in
Stratford-upon-Avon
Stratford-upon-Avon (), commonly known as just Stratford, is a market town and civil parish in the Stratford-on-Avon district, in the county of Warwickshire, in the West Midlands region of England. It is situated on the River Avon, north-w ...
where she attended
Bromsgrove School
Bromsgrove School is a co-educational independent day and boarding school in the Worcestershire town of Bromsgrove, England. Founded in 1553, it is one of the oldest public schools in Britain, and one of the 14 founding members of the Headmaste ...
until the age of 13. Swann later attended
Cheltenham College
("Work Conquers All")
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for her A-Levels before a 3-year Acting Diploma at the
Oxford School of Drama
The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford.
The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bot ...
, graduating in 2005 when she landed her first screen leading role opposite Jesper Christanson as Alice in an Independent Feature Shaking Dreamland. In 2006, she landed a 3 part series, ''Dream Team 80s'' for Sky TV before playing a semi-regular role for
BBC Scotland
BBC Scotland (Scottish Gaelic: ''BBC Alba'') is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.
It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Irelan ...
's ''River City''. In 2007, Swann landed leading role Sophie in Shine Productions Dis/connected directed by
Tom Harper, as part of the
BBC 3
BBC Three is a British free-to-air Public service broadcasting in the United Kingdom, public broadcast television channel owned and operated by the BBC. It was first launched on 9 February 2003 with programmes targeting 16 to 34-year-olds, cov ...
pilot season. Swann played
Mark Addy
Mark Ian Addy (born 14 January 1964) is an English actor. His roles in British television include Detective Constable Gary Boyle in the sitcom '' The Thin Blue Line'' (1995–1996) and Hercules in the fantasy drama series ''Atlantis'' (2013–2 ...
's daughter for ITV's ''Bike Squad''.
Swann had a small role in an episode of Demons which screened in February 2009, and also appeared in independent film, Shoot on Sight directed by Jag Mundhra starring
Brian Cox and
Greta Scacchi
Greta Scacchi, OMRI (; born 18 February 1960) is an Italian-Australian actress. She holds dual Italian and Australian citizenship. She is best known for her roles in the films '' White Mischief'' (1987), '' Presumed Innocent'' (1990), '' The Pl ...
about the 7/11 bombings in London. In 2010, she was cast in the award-winning ''The Great Game: Afghanistan'' at the
Tricycle Theatre
The Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) is a theatre located in Kilburn, in the London Borough of Brent, England. Since 1980, the theatre has presented a wide range of plays reflecting the cultural diversity of the area, as well as n ...
, a British series of short plays on the history of Afghanistan and foreign intervention there, from the First Anglo-Afghan War to the present day, directed by
Nicolas Kent
Nicolas Kent (born 26 January 1945) is a British theatre director. His father arrived in Britain in 1936, a Jewish German refugee, and changed his name from Kahn to Kent.
Early life and education
Kent, who was brought up in Hampstead Garden Su ...
and
Indhu Rubasingham
Indhu Rubasingham, , is a British theatre director and the current artistic director of the Kiln Theatre (formerly the Tricycle Theatre) in Kilburn, London.
Early life
Born in Sheffield to Tamil parents from Sri Lanka in 1970, Rubasingham was ...
. Swann played six different characters from a young Afghan girl in ''Black Tulips'' to
Simon Stephens
Simon Stephens (born 6 February 1971) is an English playwright and Professor of Scriptwriting at Manchester Metropolitan University. Having taught on the Young Writers' Programme at the Royal Court Theatre for many years, he is now an Artistic ...
' ''Canopy of Stars'' as a wife confronting her sergeant husband about returning to war. The success of the US tour resulted in a return to
Washington D.C.
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in early 2011 for two exclusive performances at the Pentagon.
Prior to this, Swann guested in many TV shows. She appeared in the Multi Million Rowntrees Randoms Campaign playing a random primary school teacher which was aired across the UK. Other company commercials in which Swann has appeared include telecommunications company Orange, Vageta and the Co-op. She starred in a stage production of ''
Of Mice and Men
''Of Mice and Men'' is a novella written by John Steinbeck. Published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in California in search of new job ...
'' at the
Dukes Theatre
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ranke ...
in Lancaster.
''Of Mice and Men''
virtual-lancaster.net. Accessed 22 September 2023. In September 2011, she completed filming ''Real Playing Game'', a thriller.
Selected filmography
Films
Television
Theatre
Other work
References
1. http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/designer-babe-set-to-shake-up-shieldinch-1.972933
River City – The Evening Times Profile on Cloudia Swann
2. http://www.denofgeek.com/television/249802/lily_allen_eyes_doctor_who_role.html
Doctor Who
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402073753/http://www.eaglefilms.co.uk/Shaking%20Dream%20Land/press/cloudia_swann.html
Shaking Dreamland Film Press Page
4. http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/25682/of-mice-and-men
Of Mice and Men – The Stage Review
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20111002204513/http://www.berkeleyrep.org/press/photos-10gg.asp
The Great Game – Berkley Rep
6. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/12/my-ten-and-only-best-of-theater-10.html
The Great Game – 10 of the best Review
7. http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117943942?refCatId=33
The Great Game Variety Review
8. http://outwestarts.blogspot.com/2010/10/like-poppies.html
The Great Game Review
9. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00v4m2g
BBC radio 3 Canopy of Stars
10. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm
The Great Game (review)
11. http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/reviews/greatgame10-rev.htm
The Great Game(review)
12. http://www.theatreindc.com/playdetail.php?playID=174
The Great Game (Washington DC)
13. http://www.washingtonian.com/blogarticles/artsfun/afterhours/16812.html
(Washington The Great Game Review)
14. http://theater.nytimes.com/show/25491/The-Great-Game-Afghanistan-/overview
(New York Times – Overview of cast)
15. http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/09/21/the-great-game-afghanistan-part-2/
The Great Game Review
16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120514111357/http://www.stagevoices.com/stage_voices/2010/12/the-great-game-afghanistan-in-new-york-review.html
(New York performance standout)
17. http://www.zimbio.com/Afghanistan/articles/eyZdZh3VS8Z/Olivier+Nominated+Great+Game+Afghanistan+Arrives
http://www.abouttheartists.com/productions/30957
(Minneapolis Programme – The Great Game)
External links
1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2014175/
(Cloudia Swann IMDB Page).
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPRwHxXbCZc
(Cloudia Swann as a teacher in Rowntree's Randoms Advert).
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
People from Oadby
English television actresses
English stage actresses
People educated at Bromsgrove School
Actresses from Leicestershire
People educated at Cheltenham College
Alumni of the Oxford School of Drama
People from Stratford-upon-Avon